Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Magette, V. Louise Pope, 1970 

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LOUISE POPE MAGETTE 

   COURTLAND - A funeral service for Mrs. Louise Pope Magette was conducted 
Friday at 3 p.m. in Riverside by the Rev. Bobby Tyson.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home, Franklin, was in charge.

   Pallbearers were D.C. Magette Jr., Ryland Brooks, Ben A. Williams Jr., F. 
Bert Pulley, Robert Magette, Raymond Magette, Dr. Vernon I. Tiller and William 
Pope.

   Mrs. Magette, 66, a retired teacher, died Wednesday morning in her home.

   A native of Southampton County, she was the wife of Leroy A. Magette and a 
daughter of Robert Amos and Mrs. Delia Rebecca Thomas Pope.

   She was a member of Courtland Methodist Church and its Women’s Society of 
Christian Service and Mrs. Mary Cobb Circle, and Nottoway Women’s Club.

   She formerly taught in Franklin and Southampton County high schools. The 
Franklin High School annual was dedicated to her in 1965.

   Besides her husband, surviving are three sons, K.P. Magette and John N. 
Magette of Courtland and James B. Magette of Richmond; two daughters, Mrs. Ida 
Lou Thomas of Newport News and Mrs. Peggy Saunders of Decatur, Ga.; two 
brothers, Dr. T.B. Pope of Petersburg and W.B. Pope of Charleston, S.C.; a 
sister, Mrs. Ella P. Brandon of Sarasota, Fla.; and three grandchildren.


Virginia Louise (POPE; Mrs. Leroy A.) MAGETTE, retired high school teacher, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Nov 1970, at home, Courtland, age 66, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 71B*), Courtland, 6 Nov 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 9, 1970 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her parents & maternal grandparents are buried in 
   Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Drewryville. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Drewryville list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," June 20, 1985, p. 186) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m230l2ob.txt 


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